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...policy in Wisconsin resulted in a new bill exempting single-sex fitness centers from the state's discrimination statutes. Curves executives believe men-only gyms won't work because males don't need the sense of support that women crave. But, says Brooke MacInnis of the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association trade group: "The jury is still...
...children-only policy, is not yet the norm, Scotti is just one of a rapidly growing group of teens and preteens who regularly hit the health club to lift weights, run on treadmills, take spinning classes and relax in the hot tub. According to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), membership among teens and preteens has jumped 65% in the past five years. Kids ages 6 to 17 now make up 12% of all club memberships, and about a quarter of IHRSA's member clubs have some kind of family program...
...displays. Health clubs--traditional havens for beefy bodybuilders but more recently shifting to an emphasis on overall wellness--are beginning to respond. This year some 65% of health clubs offer some sort of senior-fitness program, up from 32% 10 years ago, according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association, the trade association for health clubs. Trainers say seniors are often their most eager, dedicated and appreciative clients. And club owners find they have the flexibility to fill the workout rooms during the midday hours when health clubs are traditionally dead. At IHRSA's annual conference last month...
Most of the sportsclub members work out in a gym at least once a week. Many hike regularly, bowl, ride bikes or swim. Others ski cross-country, sometimes covering as many as twelve miles a day. Nothing remarkable about this-except that the sportsmen and women are all at least 62, and some are more than 90. Their club is just one part of an unusual city-run program in Grenoble, France, designed to help the aged rediscover their youth and zest for life through physical, social and artistic activity...
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